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Where does “veste” come from?

veste (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch festi, from Old Dutch -i, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

veste (Middle Dutch): reliability; fortification, bulwark; castle, fort

Definitions

  1. reliability; fortification, bulwark; castle, fort

Ancestry of “veste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfesti—
2Old Dutch-i—
3Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
4Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “veste”

  • zwemvest
  • vest
  • reddingsvest
  • grondvesten
  • grondvest
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →